Which to use
“caducado” and “causado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,020
- “caducado” frequency rank
- #5,290
- “causado” frequency rank
- 49310
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caducado | causado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de caducar. | Participio de causar. |
Where the eye mixes caducado and causado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. caducado runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against causado's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: caducado vs causado
A purely visual mix-up. caducado ([kað̞uˈkað̞o]) and causado ([kawˈsað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caducado is recorded at frequency rank #44,020, classified as averb, pronounced [kað̞uˈkað̞o]. causado is at rank #5,290, tagged as averb, pronounced [kawˈsað̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49310, this pair ranks #109,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caducado vs causado
Shared letters: acdou. Private to "caducado": -. Private to "causado": s.
"caducado" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "causado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caducado" and "causado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "caducado" or "causado" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "caducado" and "causado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caducado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "causado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caducado" and "causado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caducado vs caduco". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #109,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.